CHENANGO BRIDGE, N.Y. (AP) — A 13-year veteran state trooper was killed instantly when he was hit by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop Thursday on Interstate 81 north of Binghamton, state police said.

Trooper Christopher Skinner, 42, of the Sidney barracks in Delaware County, was struck around noon by a vehicle that continued on a short distance before the driver stopped and ran into the woods, police said in a news release. The driver was taken into custody after a search. His name wasn’t immediately released.

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